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Seconds Matter: Active Shooter Exercise Puts Airmen to the Test
April 18, 2025 — A U.S. Airman assigned to the 633d Security Forces Squadron, clears the hospital during an active shooter exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 17, 2025. Exercise leaders ensured personnel were proficient in close-quarters clearing and threat identification techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mikaela Smith)... MORE

Emergency Management Modernizes C2, Improves Readiness
April 11, 2025 — JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The quarterly emergency management (EM) reporting process was recently modernized by the 633d Civil Engineering Squadron EM team on at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 7, 2025. The EM team implemented a new evolution of the Command-and-Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application web application (C2IMERA) that they can now utilize to track accountability metrics for the training statuses of emergency response members, crash-grid maps, building numbers, shelter-in-place program data, and personnel information. ... MORE

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Out of Power, Not Out of Action
March 21, 2025 — JBLE conducted the Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise, a power outage simulation often called the ‘pull-the-plug’ exercise. The exercise is designed to test the operational capabilities after the installation is disconnected from the primary power source. Inspection teams evaluated the primary and backup energy systems to determine any gaps in... MORE

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Embracing the Equinox, Optimizing Readiness
March 19, 2025 — As the world transitions from the cold grasp of winter to the embrace of spring, the effects of the spring equinox resonate deeply within and upon the human psyche of one master resiliency instructor. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lucia MacPherson, an MRT and suicide prevention advocate has learned to recognize and comprehensively respond to these seasonal changes that can positively impact the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of service members and their families. "In order to take care of our people and to optimize our mission readiness, we have to get back to the basics of understanding human nature," MacPherson emphasizes. “This awareness is a strategic imperative that can facilitate and further improve the efficacy of practices and procedures within the U.S. military.” ... MORE

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Empowering Airmen Through Financial Readiness
March 12, 2025 — Eleanor “Kendall” Calvert, a personal financial counselor, addresses Airmen during the Financial Readiness Summit at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 25, 2025. Kendall was one of several financial educators who briefed on topics such as credit and debt management. The Summit aimed to provide tools needed to build a financial and mission ready force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donnell Ramsey)... MORE

Airman grabs pamphlet from desk managed by consultant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donnell Ramsey)

633d CES taking resiliency to a new level
July 31, 2023 — In 2003, Hurricane Isabel flooded Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia as a Category 1 storm, causing a 7.9-foot storm surge, flooding the base for four days, catching the attention of many civil engineers. One of those engineers was Robert Barrett, 633d Civil Engineer Squadron chief of the engineer flight... MORE

Department of the Air Force releases policy on Military Parental Leave Program
January 10, 2023 — Military Parental Leave for Airmen and Guardians will expand to 12 weeks after convalescent leave for birth parents and 12 weeks for non-birth parents, including adoptive parents and eligible foster parents, effective Dec. 27, 2022... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Chris Norris, a refueling boom operator assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Air Refueling Group, greets his infant daughter, Bailey, on the flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Nov. 12, 2012. Norris had just returned from serving for more than two months deployed as a member of the 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

633d CES training: missile unearthed
November 7, 2022 — U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Beegle, left, and Senior Airman David Bowles, both 633d Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians, inspect gear in the back of a Humvee at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Oct. 13, 2022. Covering a range of missions, EOD technicians are trained to detect, disarm and dispose of explosive threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaela Smith)... MORE

When food consumes you: serving with an eating disorder
July 11, 2022 — Various studies show that military service members face a higher risk of developing eating disorders than the general population. In an organization that relies on mental and physical wellness, this can potentially cause major damage to the mission... MORE

So Others May Live
June 29, 2022 — “My entire job is based around the concept ‘so others may live’,” said Staff Sgt. Kennedy Houser, 633d Surgical Operations Squadron, sterile processing non-commissioned officer in charge. Houser was raised in Alabama and joined the Air Force in 2015. According to Houser, service, whether it be to her country or those in need, has always been a big part of her identity... MORE

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